The Development of Online Friendship Scale
This article discusses concept and measurement of online friendship in an Indonesian context. Online friendship is considered to be superficial due to the lack of face-to-face interaction and emotional intimacy. Based on grounded theory research, online friendship consists of five dimensions: caut...
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| author | Avin Fadilla Helmi, AFH Wahyu Widhiarso, WW Aftina Nurul Husna, ANH |
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| description | This article discusses concept and measurement of online friendship in an Indonesian context. Online
friendship is considered to be superficial due to the lack of face-to-face interaction and emotional
intimacy. Based on grounded theory research, online friendship consists of five dimensions: caution,
voluntariness, companionship,sharing, and mutualsupport (Study 1). UGM’s Online Friendship Scale
was developed as measurement of online friendship (Study 2). Initial set of items was administered
to university students (N = 42) and resulted in 21 reliable items (r = .408-.687). Construct validity
testing was appropriately used for the data (Bartlett’s Test = 1174.1 (p<.05), KMO values = .837).
CFA confirms that the online friendship scale is multidimensional. The factor loads came up with
four dimensions: sharing (30.197%), voluntariness (8.576%), companionship (8.256%), and mutual
support (7.769%). Sharing (information and knowledge) wasthe dimension with highest contribution,
indicating online friendship serves more as means of networking between users rather than social
bonding. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:2746242018-09-05T07:19:57Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/274624/ The Development of Online Friendship Scale Avin Fadilla Helmi, AFH Wahyu Widhiarso, WW Aftina Nurul Husna, ANH Social and Community Psychology This article discusses concept and measurement of online friendship in an Indonesian context. Online friendship is considered to be superficial due to the lack of face-to-face interaction and emotional intimacy. Based on grounded theory research, online friendship consists of five dimensions: caution, voluntariness, companionship,sharing, and mutualsupport (Study 1). UGM’s Online Friendship Scale was developed as measurement of online friendship (Study 2). Initial set of items was administered to university students (N = 42) and resulted in 21 reliable items (r = .408-.687). Construct validity testing was appropriately used for the data (Bartlett’s Test = 1174.1 (p<.05), KMO values = .837). CFA confirms that the online friendship scale is multidimensional. The factor loads came up with four dimensions: sharing (30.197%), voluntariness (8.576%), companionship (8.256%), and mutual support (7.769%). Sharing (information and knowledge) wasthe dimension with highest contribution, indicating online friendship serves more as means of networking between users rather than social bonding. 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repository.ugm.ac.id/274624/1/The-Development-of-Online-Friendship-Scale.pdf Avin Fadilla Helmi, AFH and Wahyu Widhiarso, WW and Aftina Nurul Husna, ANH (2017) The Development of Online Friendship Scale. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 7 (4). pp. 12-25. ISSN ISSN 21557144, 21557136 https://www.igi-global.com/article/the-development-of-online-friendship-scale/198334 DOI: 10.4018/IJCBPL.2017100102 |
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